YAKUTSK, Russia -- U.S. men's freestyle wrestlers Frank Perrelli (Ithaca, N.Y./New York AC/Finger Lakes WC) and Kyle Hutter (Norfolk, Va./HRWA/VBRTC) placed fifth at 55 kg/121 lbs. in men's freestyle on the first day of action at the annual Dmitry Korkin International on Saturday.

Both wrestlers finished the day with 3-2 records.

Perrelli opened with a 6-4 win over Namik Sevdimzade of Azerbaijan, 6-4, then fell in the second round to the eventual champion Vladimir Flegontov of Russia. When Flegontov reached the finals, Perrelli was pulled back into the repechage.

He won two straight repechage matches against Arian Tyutrin of Russia and Nadirbek Uulu Samat of Kyrgyzstan. In the bronze medal bout, he fell to Younes Sarmastidizaji of Iran, 4-6.

Hutter also won his first match, stopping Kote Khutsishvili of Georgia, then fell in round two to Hikolay Okhlopkov of Russia. Okhlopkov earned a spot in the finals, pulling Hutter back into repechage.

He rebounded with two straight wins over Russians Ivan Diachkovsky and Aleksandr Zakharov. In the bronze-medal bout, he stopped Velikto Ayusheev of Russia, 4-6.

Perrelli was an All-American at Cornell, and Hutter starred at Old Dominion.